World surfing champion Kelly Slater called 17-year-old Gabriel Medina, from Brazil, the future of surfing.
After winning the Quiksilver Pro in France last month, Medina won the
Rip Curl Pro Search at Ocean Beach in San Francisco this week -- and he
even beat out Slater for the title! Medina said: "I just couldn't
imagine having this success so quickly... I'm still young so I'm just
stoked."